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<sect1 id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
<application>&app;</application> is a music player and library for
tagged files that supports various music formats.
</para>
<para>
Current <application>&app;</application> features include:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Play various format music files from your tagged organized
Library.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Display information on the songs through meta-data reading.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Display songs in an organized view.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Create static playlists by dragging and dropping from the
Library view.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Create automatic playlists from criterias.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Search for songs in the sources list like Library or
Playlists.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Listen to Internet radio stations.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Read Audio CDs, and retrieve information like track title from
the Internet.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Burn Audio CDs from playlists.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Transfer music to iPod, MTP and USB Mass Storage music players
.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="rb-getting-started">
<title>Getting Started</title>
<sect2 id="rb-launch">
<title>To Launch the <application>&app;</application></title>
<para>
You can launch the <application>&app;</application> in the following ways:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Choose
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Sound & Video</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Rhythmbox Music
Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Command Line</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Type <command>rhythmbox</command>, then press
<keycap>Return</keycap>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="rb">
<title>Running the Assistant</title>
<para>
The first time you launch the <application>&app;</application>, an
assistant will help you import your music. On the second panel
of the assistant, press the <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> button and
select the folder where your music is stored.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="rb-window">
<title>&app; Window</title>
<sect2 id="rb-window-intro">
<title>Overview</title>
<para>
The <application>&app;</application> window enables you to browse and play
your favorite music. <xref linkend="fig-rb-window"/> shows the interface of
the <application>&app;</application> with its main components.
</para>
<figure id="fig-rb-window">
<title>The <application>&app;</application> Window</title>
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<textobject>
<phrase>Show the <application>&app;</application> window showing
the different parts on the <application>&app;</application> interface.
Callouts: Menubar, Player area, Browser, Side pane, Statusbar.
</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>Table 1 describes the components of <application>&app;</application> window.</para>
<table frame="topbot" id="table-rb-window">
<title><application>&app;</application> Window Components</title>
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<thead>
<row rowsep="1">
<entry valign="top">Id</entry>
<entry valign="top">Component</entry>
<entry valign="top">Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry valign="top">1</entry>
<entry valign="top">Menubar</entry>
<entry valign="top">Contains menus that you use to perform
tasks in <application>&app;</application> window.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry valign="top">2</entry>
<entry valign="top">Toolbar</entry>
<entry valign="top">Provides access to player
functions and details about the currently playing track.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry valign="top">3</entry>
<entry valign="top">Time Slider</entry>
<entry valign="top">Displays the position of the read of a track;
it enables to jump to another part of a track.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry valign="top">4</entry>
<entry valign="top">Side Pane</entry>
<entry valign="top">Displays a list of available
sources.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry valign="top">5</entry>
<entry valign="top">Browser</entry>
<entry valign="top">Allows to browse and filter the
Library tracks by Genre, Artist or Album name. The
Browser also provides a search function to display only
tracks that match your criteria.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry valign="top">6</entry>
<entry valign="top">Tracks list</entry>
<entry valign="top">Lists the tracks that belong to
the selected source.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry valign="top">7</entry>
<entry valign="top">Statusbar</entry>
<entry valign="top">Displays informations about the
source selected in the side pane.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="intro-sourcelist">
<title>The Side Pane</title>
<para>The side pane is where you can access your music library,
internet radio, your playlists and audio CDs. The side pane can contain
the following sources:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>The <application>&app;</application> library, where
all of the imported tracks will appear.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The iRadio source, with all internet radio stations.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Podcasts.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>All playlists (normal and smart).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Audio CD's inserted into the computer's CD drives.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Portable players like iPod plugged to your computer.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The DAAP Music shares discovered on the local network.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Music stores like Jamendo and Magnatune.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The display of the side pane can be toggled on or off by selecting
<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Side Pane</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="player-toolbar">
<title>The Player Toolbar</title>
<para>
The toolbar area provides access to details about the
currently playing track. When no track is being played, this
area shows no information. When a track is played, the track name
is displayed, and underneath, the artist and the album names.
</para>
<para>
A tracker is also displayed, showing the progress of the
playing track. When the tracker has focus, the arrow keys can be used to
Fast-Forward or Rewind the playing track.
</para>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/rb-toolbar.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows player area</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<tip>
<para>
If you are using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can
adjust the volume by scrolling up or down while the mouse pointer
is over the volume button.
</para>
</tip>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="status-area">
<title>The Statusbar</title>
<para>
The statusbar contains additional information about the number
of songs and the duration of the source selected. The display of the
statusbar can be toggled on or off by selecting <menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/rb-statusbar.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows statusbar</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="rb-window-small">
<title><application>&app;</application> Minimized Window</title>
<para>
<application>&app;</application> comes with a minimized mode. This mode
enables access only to the menubar and the player function of
<application>&app;</application>.
</para>
<para>
To switch to the small display, select <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Small Display</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/rb-window-small.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows the <application>&app;</application> in small display mode</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="Usage">
<title>Using &app;</title>
<sect2 id="Playing">
<title>Playing Music</title>
<para>To play a track, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Play</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or select the track and
press the <guibutton>Play</guibutton> button on the toolbar, or simply
double-click on the track to start playing.
</para>
<para>When the track ends, <application>&app;</application> jumps to play the next
track in the list showed in view pane.
</para>
<para>In the Library you can play all songs from an artist or a single
album simply selecting <guilabel>Album</guilabel> or <guilabel>Artist</guilabel>
entry in the <link linkend="library-filter-browser">library browser</link>.
</para>
<sect3 id="next-previous">
<title>Next/Play/Previous</title>
<para>The <guibutton>Next</guibutton> and <guibutton>Previous</guibutton>
buttons can be used to skip between tracks while playing. If a track is
currently playing, the previous button will restart the track. Pressing
the <guibutton>Play</guibutton> button will start playing the current track.
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/rb-toolbar-prevplaynext.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows buttons <guibutton>Previous</guibutton>,
<guibutton>Play</guibutton> and <guibutton>Next</guibutton> in toolbar.</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="repeat">
<title>Repeat</title>
<para>The option <guibutton>Repeat</guibutton> makes the
<application>&app;</application> restart to play tracks from the
beginning of the list when it reach the last track.</para>
<para>To activate repeat, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Repeat</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press the button
<guibutton>Repeat</guibutton> on the toolbar.
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/rb-toolbar-repeat.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows repeat button in the statusbar.</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="shuffle">
<title>Shuffle</title>
<para>The option <guibutton>Shuffle</guibutton> makes the
<application>&app;</application> play tracks in a random order.</para>
<para>To activate shuffle, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Shuffle</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press the button
<guibutton>Shuffle</guibutton> on the toolbar.
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/rb-toolbar-shuffle.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows shuffle button in the statusbar.</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="volume">
<title>Volume Control</title>
<para>
The volume control is located in the right hand of the toolbar.
Pressing the loudspeaker icon will show the volume slider.
Sliding this up and down will increase and decrease the volume.
The loudspeaker icon will change to reflect the relative volume.
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/rb-volume-changer.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>Shows volume slider in toolbar.
</phrase></textobject></mediaobject></screenshot>
</para>
<tip>
<para>You can adjust the volume by using the mouse scroll wheel over
the loudspeaker icon.</para>
</tip>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="library">
<title>Library Source</title>
<para>
The Library is the main source available in the
<application>&app;</application>, it is the
database that contains all the music files that you import in the
<application>&app;</application> (The Library stores the path to access
your music files, not the files themself).
</para>
<para>
The Library can not only contains music files which are physically
on your computer (in your HOME Directory for instance), but it can
also contains music files available over remote network services.
Some examples of supported network services are :
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Public FTP</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Authenticated FTP</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>NFS</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Windows Share</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The files imported in the Library are displayed in the track list
with the information (like the Artist name or the Album name) stored
in the tags embedded on the tracks. <application>&app;</application> uses
these tags to display the tracks in an organized manner.
<tip>
<para>Tags can be modified by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>
Music</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> and filling in the details on the window that appears.</para>
</tip>
</para>
<sect2 id="library-tracks-add">
<title>Add tracks in the Library</title>
<para>
To add tracks to the Library, you can follow these different
methods:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
To import only one track, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import File
</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu, then select the file
in the file selector and press the <guibutton>Open</guibutton> button.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
If you want to import several music files located in a
folder, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import
Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu, then select the
folder in the file selector and press the
<guibutton>Open</guibutton> button. All the music files located
in the folder and its sub-folders will be imported.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Drag and drop files from the file manager (like
<application>Nautilus</application>) over the Rhythmbox window.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<tip>
<para>
If you have enabled the watch directory function (see <xref
linkend="prefs-library" />), all the music files
stored under the chosen directory will be added to the Library. New
files added later will be also added.
</para>
</tip>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="library-tracks-del">
<title>Remove tracks from the Library</title>
<para>
To remove a track from the library but leave it on the disk, choose menu
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenu>Remove</guimenu></menuchoice>.
The track and its properties (like rating or the play count) are
removed from the Rhythmbox database.
</para>
<para>
To delete a track from the Library and also from your disk, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Move to
Trash</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The track will be removed in the
same way as previous, but the file will be moved in to the file
manager Trash.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="library-filter-search">
<title>Find tracks using Search</title>
<para>
Rhythmbox comes with a search function, which enables you to find
and filter tracks by using a search term.
</para>
<para>
Enter some text in the search entry, and as you type, only
the tracks that match the text entered will be displayed. The search
function does the lookup in all of the tags of the tracks stored in
the Library.
</para>
<para>
To perform a more precise search, you can choose to lookup only
in specific tags <guilabel>Artists</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Albums</guilabel> or <guilabel>Titles</guilabel>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="library-filter-browser">
<title>Find tracks using the Browser</title>
<para>
The Browser is another convenient way to find tracks. The Browser
is a two or three pane view which enable to navigate among music genres,
artists and albums and display tracks that match the chosen criteria.
</para>
<para>
First, to display the Browser, select <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Browser</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Select artist, album
and genre, and as you choose, only the tracks that match your choice will
be displayed in the track list. The criteria on the columns apply
from the left to the right.
</para>
<tip>
<para>
You can choose several criteria of the same category by using the
key <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap></keycombo>.
</para>
</tip>
<para>
You can also find from a selected track in the track list, all
of the tracks with the same genre, artist or album name. Select
a track in the track list, right-click on it, and choose
<guilabel>Browse this Genre/Artist/Album</guilabel>. Then the
browser will filter the tracks using the criteria chosen.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="radio">
<title>Radio Source</title>
<para>
The Internet Radio tuner can be used to listen to streamed audio files over a network, local or Internet.
</para>
<figure id="fig-iradio">
<title>Internet Radio in <application>&app;</application></title>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="figures/rb-iradio-main.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<sect2 id="iradio-adding">
<title>Adding a station</title>
<para>
To add a new station to the Internet Radio tuner, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>New Internet Radio Station</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then enter the URL of
the Internet radio, then press the button <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="iradio-modify">
<title>Viewing and Changing the settings of a station</title>
<para>
You can view and edit the settings of an Internet Radio station using the menu
<menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<para>
You can also change the properties of a station by selecting the
station and right-click, then choose <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>.
</para>
<para>
When you access the properties of a radio stream, you can modify its title, its genre; you can
also modify the stream location, and set a rating to it.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="iradio-delete">
<title>Removing a station</title>
<para>
To remove a radio station from the radio stations list, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem></menuchoice>; you can also right-click on the station and select
<guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="podcast">
<title>Podcast Source</title>
<para>
Podcasting is a new way to broadcast audio content over the web; when an
author publishes an episode, podcast suscribers are informed, through an
XML feed.
</para>
<para>
&app; enables you to subscribe to podcast feeds, so when a new episode
is available you'll be informed, it will download this episode and it
will play it.
</para>
<tip>
<para>
You can find more information about podcasts and podcasting by visiting the
definition of <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast">Podcast</ulink> on the
site <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</ulink>.
</para>
</tip>
<para>
<figure>
<title>The Podcast interface</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/rb-podcast-main.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The Podcast interface with some registered podcasts</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
</para>
<sect2 id="podcast-management">
<title>Podcast Management</title>
<sect3 id="podcast-feed-add">
<title>Add a podcast</title>
<para>
To register to a podcast, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Podcast
Feed</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then in the new window, enter the URL of
the podcast feed. Rhythmbox will retrieve the list of episodes and the
latest episode will be downloaded on your hard disk.
</para>
<para>
To add a new podcast feed, you can also right-click over the
<guimenuitem>Podcasts</guimenuitem>
source, and select <guimenuitem>New Podcast Feed</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="podcast-feed-del">
<title>Delete a podcast</title>
<para>
To delete a podcast, right-click on the podcast feed's name in the browser, and choose
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Delete Podcast
Feed</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then choose
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Delete Feed Only</guimenuitem></menuchoice> if you want to keep the
podcast's episodes, or choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Delete Feed And
Item</guimenuitem></menuchoice> if you want to delete the feed and all its
related episodes.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="podcast-feed-update">
<title>Update feeds</title>
<para>
To know if new episodes have been published for a podcast,
right-click over the podcast name in the browser and choose
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Update Podcast Feed</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. If new episodes
were published, they will appear in the episode list.
</para>
<tip>
<para>
&app; checks regularly, on its own, the podcast feeds list
to find out if they were updated.
</para>
</tip>
<para>
You can also check all podcasts, by right-clicking over the
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Podcasts</guimenuitem></menuchoice> source and choose
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Update All Feeds</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="podcast-feed-show">
<title>Access Podcast Feed properties</title>
<para>
To access to the Feed properties, right-click on the Feed name, and
choose
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
<itemizedlist><listitem><para>
On the <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tab you can view the
podcast <guilabel>Title</guilabel>, <guilabel>Author
</guilabel>, the <guilabel>Last Updated</guilabel>
date and the <guilabel>Description</guilabel>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>
On the <guilabel>Details</guilabel> tab you can view the
feed <guilabel>Source</guilabel>, <guilabel>Language
</guilabel>and the <guilabel>Copyright</guilabel>
properties.
</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
You can view the properties, and also edit the rating.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="episode-management">
<title>Episode Management</title>
<sect3 id="podcast-episode-download">
<title>Download a podcast episode</title>
<para>
To download an episode on your disk, right-click on the episode, and
choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Download Post</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
Rhythmbox will start to download the episode in the location defined in
the preferences. You can see the download progress of an episode in
the column <guilabel>Status</guilabel>.
</para>
<tip>
<para>
By default, podcasts are downloaded in folder <filename class="directory">Podcasts/</filename> in your home directory. To change location,
see <xref linkend="prefs-podscast"/>.
</para>
</tip>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="podcast-episode-read">
<title>Read a podcast episode</title>
<para>
To play a podcast episode, select the episode you want to read, and
choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu><guimenuitem>Play</guimenuitem></menuchoice>;
you can also press the button <guibutton>Play</guibutton>.</para>
<para>
The episode have to downloaded before to read it, see <xref linkend="podcast-episode-download"/> to know how to download a
podcast episode.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="podcast-episode-delete">
<title>Delete a podcast episode</title>
<para>
To delete an episode from a podcast, right-click on the episode, and
choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
then choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Delete Episode
Only</guimenuitem></menuchoice> if you to keep the episode file on
your disk, or choose <guibutton>Delete Episode And File</guibutton>
if you want to remove the episode from the list and delete the file from your disk.
</para>
<warning>
<para>
After you delete an episode, it will no longer be available in the
list of episodes, even if you update the podcast.
</para>
</warning>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Display Podcast Episode properties</title>
<para>
To access to the episode properties, right-click on the episode, and
choose
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
<itemizedlist><listitem><para>
On the <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tab you can view the podcast
<guilabel>Title</guilabel>, <guilabel>Feed</guilabel>, the
publication <guilabel>Data</guilabel> and the
<guilabel>Description</guilabel>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>
On the <guilabel>Details</guilabel> tab you can view the podcast
<guilabel>Source</guilabel>, <guilabel>Duration</guilabel>, the
<guilabel>Bitrate</guilabel>, the <guilabel>Last Played
Date</guilabel>, the <guilabel>Play count</guilabel> and
the <guilabel>Rating</guilabel>.
</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="playqueue">
<title>Play Queue Source</title>
<para>
Play queue is a source designed to temporarily store the next tracks you
want to play. When you add a track to the Play Queue,
<application>&app;</application> will automatically switch to this
source, after the track has played.
</para>
<para>
Once a track has been played, it will be automatically removed from the
Play Queue Source.
Once the Play Queue is empty, <application>&app;</application> will play the source which was
played before.
</para>
<sect2 id="playqueue-track-add">
<title>Add a track to the Play Queue</title>
<para>To add a track:
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Select the track you want to play, in any
source.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add to
playqueue</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="playqueue-track-del">
<title>Remove a track in Play Queue</title>
<para>To remove a track stored in Play Queue:
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Select the track you want to remove in Play Queue
source.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="playlist">
<title>Playlists Source</title>
<para>
Playlists are sources which are created from the tracks available in
the Library source. They enable you to gather tracks following a
particular 'genre', a specific group of artists, or even tracks that
are of a particular 'mood', or whatever you want.
</para>
<para>
&app; has 2 kinds of playlists:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Static Playlists</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Smart Playlists</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
Rhythmbox lets you burn the tracks of your playlists to an Audio CD.
</para>
<sect2 id="playlist-static">
<title>Static Playlists</title>
<para>
Static playlists are playlists built from tracks dropped from the Library.
</para>
<sect3 id="playlist-static-new">
<title>Create a static playlist</title>
<para>
To create a new playlist, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu><guisubmenu>Playlist</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New
Playlist</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. An empty playlist without name
appears in the side pane. Enter a name for the playlist and press
<keycombo><keycap>Enter</keycap></keycombo>.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="playlist-static-tracks-add">
<title>Add tracks to a playlist</title>
<para>
To add tracks to a playlist, select tracks from the track
list from the library and drag and drop your selection over the
playlist icon in the side pane.
</para>
<para>
You can also drop over a playlist a genre, an artist, or an
album name from the browser, and all the tracks that belongs
to the chosen category will be added to the playlist.
</para>
<tip>
<para>You can create a playlist with tracks in one action. Select tracks from
the <guilabel>Tracks List</guilabel>, or directly one or more categories from
the browser (<guilabel>Genre</guilabel>, <guilabel>Artist</guilabel> or
<guilabel>Album</guilabel>) and drop the selection over the <guilabel>Side
pane</guilabel>. It will automatically create a named playlist.</para>
</tip>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="playlist-static-tracks-del">
<title>Remove tracks from a playlist</title>
<para>
To remove tracks from a playlist, first select the tracks to
remove, and then you have two methods:
<itemizedlist><listitem><para>
Choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>
Right-click over the selection and choose <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>.
</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
This operation deletes the track only from playlist and not
from the Library.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="playlist-static-del">
<title>Delete a static playlist</title>
<para>
To delete a static playlist, select the playlist to delete,
then you have two ways to delete it:
<itemizedlist><listitem><para>
Choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>
Right-click over the playlist and choose <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>.
</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
This operation deletes only the playlist and not the tracks
stored in the playlist deleted.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="playlist-smart">
<title>Smart Playlists</title>
<para>
Smart Playlists are playlists built from criteria, so tracks
are added to it dynamically; all of the tracks matching the
criteria will be added to the playlist.
</para>
<sect3 id="playlist-smart-new">
<title>Create a smart playlist</title>
<para>
To create a new playlist:
<orderedlist><listitem><para>
Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu><guisubmenu>Playlist</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New
Automatic Playlist</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>
Edit the playlist criteria through the query editor.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>
Once your criteria have been chosen, click <guibutton>New</guibutton> to create the
query.
</para></listitem></orderedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="playlist-smart-edit">
<title>Edit a smart playlist</title>
<para>
Editing a smart playlist lets you modify the criteria set
for this playlist. To edit a smart playlist, select the
smart playlist, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu><guisubmenu>Playlist</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, and edit the criteria.
Once done, choose <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="playlist-smart-del">
<title>Delete a smart playlist</title>
<para>
To delete a smart playlist, select the playlist to delete,
then you have two ways to delete it:
<itemizedlist><listitem><para>
Choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>
Right-click over the playlist and choose <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>.
</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="playlist-smart-query-use">
<title>Use the query editor</title>
<para>
Choose the criteria to apply to the rule. If you need one
more criteria click on the button
<guibutton>Add</guibutton>, a new line appears, and you can
set a new criteria.
</para>
<para>
If you want to limit the number of tracks in the playlist,
tick <guilabel>Limit to:</guilabel>, and choose how to
limit. You can limit by tracks, by total size (in
<guilabel>MB</guilabel> or <guilabel>GB</guilabel>), or by
duration (expressed in <guilabel>Minutes</guilabel>).
</para>
<para>
Once you finish setting the criteria for the playlist, choose
<guibutton>New</guibutton>; the playlist query editor window
will close, and the playlist will display the tracks matched by your
criteria.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="AudioCD">
<title>Audio CD Source</title>
<para><application>&app;</application> can also handle Audio CDs; it can
play CDs and also let you burn your own.</para>
<sect2 id="cd-playing">
<title>Playing</title>
<para>When an Audio CD is inserted, it will appear in the
side pane, and the tracks on it can be displayed in
<application>&app;</application>'s main window. If you are connected to
the Internet, the CD details will be retrieved and displayed.
</para>
<para>To play and pause playback, or to skip forward or backwards,
use the same controls as used for playing from the library.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="cd-import">
<title>Importing Audio CD</title>
<para>If you wish to keep the tracks of your Audio CDs on your computer,
you can import them.</para>
<para>To import Audio CD tracks, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Import Audio CD</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, it will start <application>Sound-Juicer</application>,
an application dedicated to importing Audio CDs. To know more about <application>Sound-Juicer</application>,
you can read the <ulink url="ghelp:sound-juicer">Sound-Juicer manual</ulink>.</para>
<tip>
<para>To get imported tracks from Sound-Juicer automatically added to you Rhythmbox Library,
you will have to configure Sound-Juicer to extract tracks into your Rhythmbox Library location
and the Rhythmbox watch library feature has to be activated; refer to
<ulink url="ghelp:sound-juicer#preferences">Sound-Juicer preferences</ulink> and
<link linkend="prefs-library">Rhythmbox Library preferences</link>.
</para>
</tip>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="cd-burning">
<title>Creating Audio CD</title>
<para>Rhythmbox enables you to create you own Audio CDs with the music stored in the Rhythmbox Library.</para>
<para>To create an Audio CD:
<orderedlist><listitem><para>Create a playlist, static or smart
(see <xref linkend="playlist"/>) and add tracks.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Music</guimenu><guisubmenu>Playlist</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Create Audio CD</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Insert a blank CD.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Click the button <guibutton>Create</guibutton>, the burning process starts.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="portable-audio-player">
<title>Portable Audio Player Source</title>
<para><application>Rhythmbox</application> can detect when an portable audio player is plugged to your
computer, and is able to read tracks stored on it.
<application>&app;</application> should be able to deal with most
portable audio players including Apple iPod, MTP players and Mass Storage
players.</para>
<para>When you plug in a portable audio player, an icon for the Portable Audio Player
is added to the side pane. This source works in the same way as the Library
source.</para>
<tip><para>If <application>&app;</application> does not detect your device
as a portable audio player, you can create an empty file named
<filename>.is_audio_player</filename> at the top level hierarchy of the
filesystem of your player.</para></tip>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="daap">
<title>DAAP Share Source</title>
<para>DAAP is a network protocol that allows you to share the music stored in Rhythmbox.
DAAP stands for Digital Audio Access Protocol.</para>
<para>As DAAP is a standard protocol for music sharing, you can listen and share music
not only with other Rhythmbox users, but also with other users who use DAAP compatible
software, like iTunes.</para>
<para>When you start Rhythmbox, it will look for all DAAP shares published on
your local network (your home or your office, not the whole Internet) by other
users and will display them in the side pane. If sharing
is enabled, at the same time Rhythmbox will publish your library and your
playlists. In this way, you can listen to music stored on your friend's
computers and they can listen your music.</para>
<para>To disable the Rhythmbox DAAP sharing feature, see <xref
linkend="prefs-sharing"/> in the preferences.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="notification">
<title>Notification Area</title>
<sect2 id="notification-overview">
<title>Overview</title>
<para>The Notification Area is a GNOME feature that adds a small icon to
the panel while the program is running; this allows you to control
<application>&app;</application> from your tray, and receive information
when the <application>&app;</application> interface is not visible.
</para>
<figure id="fig-notification-zone">
<title><application>&app;</application> in the Notification Area</title>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="figures/rb-notification-zone.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="notification-info-receive">
<title>Get information</title>
<sect3 id="notification-info-tooltip">
<title>Tooltip information</title>
<para>When you move the mouse cursor over the
<application>&app;</application> icon, you can see the track artist,
the track name and the time position.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="notification-info-window">
<title>Notification window</title>
<para>Each time the track has changed or a podcast episode was downloaded,
the <application>&app;</application> can inform you; it displays a
notification window on the desktop, containing the information.</para>
<figure id="fig-notification-window">
<title>The notification window of <application>&app;</application></title>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="figures/rb-notification-window.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<tip>
<para>The notification window can be disabled by deselecting the
<guilabel>Show Notifications</guilabel> option from the context menu of
the icon in the notification area.
</para>
</tip>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="notification-control">
<title>Control Rhythmbox</title>
<para>Using the <application>&app;</application> icon in the notification
area, the following commands can be sent to the application:
</para>
<figure id="fig-notification-menu">
<title>Notification Area (showing menu)</title>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="figures/rb-notification-area-menu.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guibutton>Play</guibutton> — If selected, plays the
currently selected song.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guibutton>Previous</guibutton> — Skip to previous song
in the selected source.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guibutton>Next</guibutton> — Skip to next song in the
selected source.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guibutton>Show Window Player</guibutton> — Choose whether
or not the <application>&app;</application> window is visible or not
on the desktop.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guibutton>Show Notifications</guibutton> — Choose whether
or not the <application>&app;</application> will notify you about
track changes and various information.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guibutton>Quit</guibutton> — Quit the
<application>&app;</application>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<tip>
<para>If you are using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can adjust
the volume by scrolling up or down while the mouse pointer is over
the panel applet.
</para>
<para>You can quickly toggle Play/Pause by pressing the middle mouse button.</para>
</tip>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="customize">
<title>Customizing &app;</title>
<para>
This section describes how to customize <application>&app;</application> to
suit your requirements and preferences.
</para>
<sect2 id="prefs">
<title>Setting Your Preferences</title>
<para>
Using the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog you can customize how
you want <application>&app;</application> to look and behave. To display
the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<sect3 id="prefs-general">
<title>General</title>
<para>Choose the way the <guilabel>Browser View</guilabel> will be displayed.
You can choose to use three or two panes and what the panes should display.
</para>
<para>
Choose the <guilabel>Visible Columns</guilabel> you want to
display in <application>&app;</application>. This option affects
the following sources:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Library</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Audio CD</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Portable Players</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Playlists</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>DAAP Music shares</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="prefs-library">
<title>Music</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
The <guilabel>Library Location</guilabel> is a folder
that <application>&app;</application> will monitor to find new songs.
When you add new audio files in this folder or its sub-folders with the
file browser (like Nautilus), <application>&app;</application>
will detect them and they will be added automatically in the Library.
</para>
<warning>
<para>
Avoid to set your <filename class="directory">Home</filename> folder
as library location because this feature is CPU consuming.
</para>
</warning>
<para>
To disable the watch functionality deselect
<guilabel>Watch my library for new files</guilabel>.
</para>
<tip>
<para>If you want to add more than one folder to watch,
use <application>gconf-editor</application> and add it to the list
/app/rhythmbox/library_locations
</para>
</tip>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="prefs-podscast">
<title>Podcasts</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
The <guilabel>Download Location</guilabel> of Podcasts is defined
by default to the <filename class="directory">Podcasts/
</filename> folder in your home directory.
</para>
<para>
If this location doesn't fit your needs, select another folder
in the drop-down list or choose <guilabel>Other</guilabel>
to make the File Selector appear.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Choose the frequency that <application>&app;</application> will check for new
podcast episodes.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="prefs-sharing">
<title>Sharing</title>
<para>The <application>&app;</application> can share your Library
contents over your Local Area Network, to other
<application>&app;</application> and Apple iTunes users.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Select <guilabel>Share my music</guilabel> to enable
the users of your network to see and read your songs.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Enter the name of you want to appear of the network in
the field <guilabel>Shared music name</guilabel>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="prefs-lastfm">
<title>Last.fm profile</title>
<para>
The Last.fm profile plugin collects information about the songs you listen to
and sends it to the <ulink url="http://www.last.fm/">Last.fm</ulink> website,
building up a profile of your listening habits. With this profile, you can:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>consult statistics, such as most played songs or most played artists.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>receive recommendations about artists that you might like.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<warning>
<para>
In order to use the Last.fm profile plugin, you must have a Last.fm account.
If you don't already have one, use the
<ulink url="http://www.last.fm/signup.php">Last.fm signup page</ulink> to
create one. Enter your Last.fm account details in the <guilabel>Username</guilabel>
and <guilabel>Password</guilabel> fields in the Last.fm profile plugin
configuration window.
</para>
</warning>
<para>
The configuration window for the Last.fm profile plugin also displays
status information. If your Last.fm profile page shows that your
profile is not being updated, the information displayed here may
help you to diagnose the problem.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="shortcuts">
<title>Shortcuts</title>
<sect2 id="keyboard-keys">
<title>Keyboard Shortcuts</title>
<table frame="topbot" id="rb-shorcuts-1">
<title>Player Shortcuts</title>
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="30*"/>
<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="70*"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Shortcuts</entry>
<entry>Actions</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>p</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Play / Pause</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>Left</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Jump to the Previous Track / Back to the beginning of the track</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>Right</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Jump to the Next Track</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>Up</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Increase playback volume</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>Down</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Decrease playback volume</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>R</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Enable / Disable Repeat play</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>U</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Enable / Disable Shuffle play</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<table frame="topbot" id="rb-shorcuts-2">
<title>General Shortcuts</title>
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="30*"/>
<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="70*"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Shortcuts</entry>
<entry>Actions</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>A</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Select All</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Shift</keycap>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>A</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Deselect All</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>J</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Jump to playing song</para>
</entry>
</row>
<!--
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>Y</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Clear the search field text and remove all filters in the browser</para>
</entry>
</row>
-->
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Alt</keycap>
<keycap>S</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Jump to search field</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Alt</keycap>
<keycap>Return</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Display the Track Properties</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<table frame="topbot" id="rb-shorcuts-3">
<title>Window Shortcuts</title>
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="30*"/>
<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="70*"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Shortcuts</entry>
<entry>Actions</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>Q</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Quit the <application>&app;</application></para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>B</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Show / Hide the browser</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>F9</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Show / Hide the side pane</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>K</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Show / Hide the Queue Sidebar</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycombo>
<keycap>F11</keycap>
</keycombo>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Toggle / Untoggle the Full Screen mode</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="multimedia-keys">
<title>Multimedia Keys</title>
<para><application>&app;</application> supports the keys on multimedia
keyboards, if configured in your desktop environment.</para>
<table frame="none">
<title>Window Shortcuts</title>
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colname="COLSPEC0"/>
<colspec colname="COLSPEC1"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Shortcuts</entry>
<entry>Actions</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
<keycap>Stop</keycap>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Stop</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycap>Pause / Play</keycap>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Pause / Play</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycap>Prev</keycap>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Previous Played Track</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<keycap>Next</keycap>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>Next Track</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="lirc">
<title>Linux Infrared Remote Control</title>
<para>The <application>&app;</application> includes a plugin for Linux
Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) support. The following command strings are
supported, using the program name 'rhythmbox': </para>
<table frame="none">
<title>Window Shortcuts</title>
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colname="COLSPEC0"/>
<colspec colname="COLSPEC1"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Command string</entry>
<entry>Action</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>play</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Start playback</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>pause</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Pause playback</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>playpause</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Toggle between playing and paused</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>shuffle</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Toggle the shuffle play order</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>repeat</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Toggle the repeat play order</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>next</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Skip to the next track</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>previous</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Skip to the previous track</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>seek_forward</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Skip 10 seconds forward in the playing track</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>seek_backward</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Skip 10 seconds backward in the playing track</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>volume_up</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Increase the playback volume by 10%</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>volume_down</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Decrease the playback volume by 10%</para> </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry> <keycap>mute</keycap> </entry>
<entry> <para>Mute the playback</para> </entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</article>
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